Storms in South Dakota in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1986, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
South Dakota in 1986 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 238
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 46
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 104 | 0 | 23 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 99 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 35 | 2 | 5 | $5.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, April 25, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 29, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 30, 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 7, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 10, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, May 11, 1986
June 1986
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 3, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 6, 1986
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 10, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 29, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 10, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 29, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, July 30, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, August 1, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 4, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1986
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, August 9, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, August 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 19, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, August 31, 1986
September 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, September 9, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 24, 1986
October 1986
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.